To understand whether it is possible to call the control mode established in the Russian Federation since the departure of Yeltsin's policy, the police, let's try to dispassionately determine what a police state, what are the main features of the way in which these forms of government are established and, abovehow they manage to survive so long.
description of these modes has appeared in XVIII-XIX centuries.The so-called countries in which all the levers of governance of the country were in the hands of the elite, which used a variety of law enforcement agencies (no matter what they are called: the police, the security service, the carabinieri or the police) to keep control of all authorities.
Under what conditions a police state?Historical examples show that it is created a very favorable environment of general anarchy and chaos."The war of all against all" lead to catastrophic stratification of society.Those who can not "catch fish in troubled waters", begin to nostalgia for the days of peace and long for a "strong hand".At this point yesterday mobsters / racketeers and come to power under the slogan of "stability and order."Such statements are generally impressed by the majority of the population.
Police State may declare respect for human rights and democratic freedoms.Increasingly, however, in the rhetoric of the rulers are the words of a "hard restore order", "discipline" and "a clear chain of command."Tired of "lawlessness", the company agrees.The role of the police and other law enforcement agencies in this process seems very important: after all, who are "rein" bandit, but the man in whose duties include the protection of the law?However, over time, strict control covers all areas of public life.
desired stability still can not come.This fault, of course, external enemies "who are trying to bring us to our knees," as well as "wreckers, saboteurs," acting from the inside.Police State urges citizens to be vigilant and fully cooperate with the security agencies.You may recall in this regard the phrase Russian Emperor Nicholas I: «Revolution - on the doorstep of Russia, but I will not let her inside."Similarly, Vladimir Putin spoke about the Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
classic example of where "ruled the roost" power structures serve the Franco Spain, Chile under Pinochet fifth mode "Kemalism" in Turkey.The fact that this form of government is opposed to civil society, there is no doubt.A more attractive this kind of a country do not make any commitment to democracy slogans or flirtatious new form of police (especially sexy women).For the "stability" of people pay too high a price: the state structures tightly controlled political and social life of the country, the laws are interpreted very loosely, created a simplified management practice of the judiciary, emasculated and unwanted media suppressed the opposition.
So what is today's Russia?Police state, authoritarianism, oligarchy or something in between?The most striking specimens of police regimes show that all the power of the power unit has been designed to protect the ruling elite (typically, entrepreneurs, large monopolies, sometimes the middle class).Representatives of these layers can feel very comfortable, and for his support.In Russia, the fate of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev showed that class membership is not an "inoculation" against reprisals.Most likely, we are dealing here with the oligarchy, which removes out of the way undesirable persons or competitors hands of power structures.
